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This may have already cross the radar for some of you but in what I consider good news, Alice In Chains is back in the studio to record new tunes for the first time in over a decade. Yeah Yeah Yeah, i know most people will just automatically right it off because Layne Staley is gone and can’t be replaced. While I agree that he will forever be remembered as the face of AIC and has a voice that won’t be duplicated and is as classic as anyone of our generation, I have high hopes for the new material for a couple of different reasons. The first major reason is Jerry Cantrell. While Layne was the face and had the voice out in the front, Jerry was the main songwriter and contributed heavily in the vocals department both with lead vocals on a song or two and with the unmistakable harmonies AIC were known for. Jerry is still there and more or less the leader of the band. He is still a fantastic guitarist and still knows how to write a good song if you have ever heard any of his solo stuff. The second reason is that new front man William Duvall actually has a pretty damn good set of pipes. He is not Laynes reincarnated ghost nor should he be, but he does the classic songs justice and i think he will bring some serious game to the table on the new stuff. Run through some clips on YouTube of live performances they have done with Duvall, the guy can sing. While it won’t be the same Alice In Chains it will still be Alice In Chains. Three fourths of the original band are still there and the music will still be recognizable as AIC just with a new solid voice out in front. I will be giving it a good listen when it comes out and i hope everyone will. People didnt write off AC/DC when Bon Scott passed and that band has managed to put out a few good tunes since then. Anthrax is tuning up their 4th singer as we speak. Van Halen went on to still be big after switching voices. Sure, its been a long layoff for AIC and that might be a problem when it comes to getting their name back out in the public at the level they once were, but the point is lots of bands have lost important faces and went through different front men that people thought they couldn’t do without. A lot of these bands have went on to keep successful careers and put out great music. Long story short. AIC in the studio. Don’t write it off before you give it a chance.

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